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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64515
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:172 (dhcp)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to dhcp;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:172.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to dhcp
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:172.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ISC DHCP:

ISC DHCP Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the
improper handling of DHCP requests. If the host definitions are mixed
using dhcp-client-identifier and hardware ethernet, a remote attacker
could send specially-crafted DHCP requests to cause the server to
stop responding (CVE-2009-1892).

This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.

Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1892
35669
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35669
35830
http://secunia.com/advisories/35830
35851
http://secunia.com/advisories/35851
36457
http://secunia.com/advisories/36457
37342
http://secunia.com/advisories/37342
DSA-1833
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833
FEDORA-2009-8344
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01177.html
FEDORA-2009-9075
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00340.html
MDVSA-2009:154
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:154
dhcp-dhcp-dos(51717)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51717
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